Poison

Posted by Zeb in Artbook Reviews on Jun 16th, 2004 | 0 comments

Title	POISON You Higuri A Collection of Full Color Works
Artist	You Higuri
Published:	14/12/2000
Publisher:	Seishinsha
Content	96 pages in total; 80 pages of full colour illustrations; 10 pages of b&w illustrations; 4 pages of thumbnails with notes; 2 pages of afterward, with English translation; Softcover
Extras	None
Cover Price	¥1900
ISBN	4-87892-199-4
Rate	Excellent
Purchase	Date Unknown \| ANIMEBOOKS.COM \| US$29.00
Comments	You Higuri is one of those artists that would probably appeal more to females than males. Her males are very bishy… you know… long flowing hair and robes, extravagant jewellery and beauty? While I won’t say males will hate it, I think seeing effiminate males in leather bondage might turn them off This book collects together illustrations the artist has done for her works such as Seimaden (around 30 pages worth of artwork, mainly full page and a few double page) Ludwig II (11 pages of again full and double page illustrations) Zeus, Ramen Ikaga!?, Gorgeous Carat, Tenshi ni Bara no Hanataba o, Cutlass and miscellaneous others. In true bishounen style, the characters are gorgeous, absolutely lovely, with beautiful backgrounds to suit. Some of the poses may raise a few eyebrows (especially between men) but other than that, there is nothing risque. The monochrome section is in itself lovely, for without colour, you get to appreciate Higuri’s unique line art. Angels, demons, damsels in distress, royalty, sword fighters and a little bit of humour too… this book definitely gets a high rating. The clincher (for me) definitely has to be the fact that the ‘Afterward’ by the artist, comes in English as well A must buy.

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